| 'Dawson's Creek' Phenomenon Continues in Wilmington
Wilmington — It's been 10 years since 15-year-old Joey Potter discussed her emerging hormones with best friend Dawson Leery in his second-story bedroom. Ten years since Pacey Witter, dressed as a sea monster for a role in Dawson's amateur movie, ogled new-girl-in-town Jen Lindley. Ten years since a certain teen drama became a national phenomenon and ushered Wilmington's film community into the national spotlight. On Jan. 20, 1998, "Dawson's Creek" premiered to wildly mixed reviews. Praised and reviled for its hyper-sexual, super-wordy dialogue, the show centered around four high school students in the small town of Capeside, Mass. – wannabe filmmaker Dawson (James Van Der Beek), sweet girl-next-door Joey (Katie Holmes), lovable scoundrel Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and new vixen in town Jen (Michelle Williams).
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County settles on car registration price tag
Multnomah County commissioners have settled on a price tag for their bridge-funding measure planned for the May 20 ballot: a $24 annual increase in car registration fees. The money would be earmarked to replace the Sellwood Bridge and make other improvements to the county's six Willamette River bridges. In past weeks, county officials had talked about creating a local vehicle registration fee, with voter approval, costing between $15 to $27 a year. Now they have fixed the amount at $24 a year for 20 years. The county will take the proposal out to the community for feedback, and to begin developing support for an expected vote on the fee increase. Four town halls are scheduled to brief the public on the plan for a bridge safety fund: Thursday, Jan. 31, 6 to 8 p.m., Multnomah County East, Sharron Kelley Room, 600 N.E.
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THEY like it spicy down here in South Carolina. Locals pour hot sauce on their catfish, on their grits, even on their greens. Their politics is spicy too. Charleston, a city with some of the richest and poorest people in the state within spitting distance, has a political scene "as gothic as New York City," a local journalist says. Some folks who live in the historic mansions in Old Charleston actually commute to New York regularly. Meanwhile North Charleston has pockets of desperate poverty, and there are people living in run-down trailers not far outside town. The polls are open today in a state that has once again reminded America of its reputation for hard-ball politics. After all the antics of the past week, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are in the hands of Democratic primary voters.
Legislation could protect children, teens from predators online
ALBANY, N.Y. - Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo say they will soon announce agreement on a new law that would protect kids from predators on social networking sites like MySpace.com.
They say Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will also support the legislation.
Earlier this month, MySpace.com agreed to take more steps to protect children and teens from online sexual predators and bullies.
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Long volatile, GOP race looms for McCain and Romney
The once-crowded field is set to grow thinner Wednesday when former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani -- who went 0-7 in contests -- drops out of the race and endorses McCain. That could help McCain in delegate-rich, more moderate states slated to vote next week, like California, New York and Illinois. But it also could give Romney fodder to claim that McCain isn't the truest conservative in the race. Among the others, Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who won Iowa, remains in the nomination hunt but has little money and has scored in the teens or below in five of the seven contests so far. Texas Rep. Ron Paul has made no move to withdraw even though he scores in single digits in voting. That leaves only McCain and Romney with a serious shot at the nomination.
Khaled Habib/Egypt Today
Still, he notes, interfaith relations have improved, and some in power have taken steps both to open a dialogue and ensure Copts can exercise their full legal rights. I believe we need to spend more effort on education to teach children about what unites us as opposed to what separates us, he says. There needs to be more time spent on teaching children the core values that make us all Egyptian and less time stuffing their minds with information they will forget the day after their exams. We also need to be more willing to address the touchy issues with one another, both officially and unofficially. I believe that there needs to be an open and frank discussion between the leadership of this country and the leaders of the two religions in which they engage in a real conversation about the problems and truly attempt to come up with effective solutions.
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